If you were to segregate child victims of sexual assault into groups based upon their relationship to the perpetrator, the top two would be stepfathers and single mom’s boyfriend. Also well up there would be uncles and cousins. Public school faculty would also be well above Catholic priests. I will freely admit that those assaulted by priests would likely outnumber those assaulted by total strangers, but not many other groups.

I risk serious trouser turding for the opportunity to have a conversation with little miss Creepy Critter. It would be very educational and I’d be right at home in a dark, dank basement. Hope she has another chair. Preferably one without arm and leg restraints.

yeaaa i’d think a grown woman with those eyes would creep me out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than a little girl with them…………mostly because i have a little sister, and i feel i could easily calm down any child on a murderous rage…

When something jumps out at you and goes “Booga booga!”, or you suddenly unexpectedly find yourself in the dark with no idea how to make a light … you regress in many ways to childhood reactions.

Like many manifestations of the unconscious, she represents feelings that Shelly had at the time that she was the age that Creepy looks to be. Shelly has never worked through those feelings, so when they replay, in many ways they take her back to that age.

OTOH, Creepy knows what’s going on, and has seen the world through Shelly’s eyes as she grew older but not necessarily more mature. So, in that wise, she is “older than she looks”.

I tried, twice, to post that, and neither one has yet to appear.
I fell for Lil’ Creepy on that one, and the following one cemented it. I love that they both flash underwear in the first panel, and she’s pulling her shirt down in the second.

Love love LOVE the art today!!! Just noticed that the basement in which the action is taking place has steps leading still further down…What lies even deeper within her unconscious?

The set-up reminds me of a line from Winnie-the-Pooh (how often does THAT happen?): “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

I know the chapter it’s from (“Galleon’s Lap”), but not the book (“House at Pooh Corner?”).

Anyway, that seems to be what Shelly’s demon is pointing out to her right now…Shelly is braver than she believes, and really needs to fear nothing at all.

But I’m not sure where Conscience is going with this. Yes, she can be VERY scary and weirdling; the thing is, Shelly’s not afraid of her (even though she may be quite dangerous) because Shelly knows what she is and accepts her as a part of herself. It’s not a matter of courage, it’s familiarity. If that’s the point she’s trying to make, that might work. The trouble is, since nobody knows what’s in that graveyard in Ireland, it’s not as if Shelly can prepare for it…